Winker-strap attachment.



J. T. PALMATARY.

WINKER STRAP ATTACHMENT.

APPLIUATIVON FILED NOV. 29, 1912.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

JOHN T. PALMATARY, 0F RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

-WINKER-S1TRAP ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application filed November 29, 1913. Serial N 0. 803,693.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN T. PALMATARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Winker-Strap Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in winker strap attachments for blinds.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby the winker strap may be securely fastened to the blind as well as means whereby the strap, when worn or broken, can be readily replaced without disfiguring the blind.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap and more effective means of securing the winker strap to the blind and having certain details of structure hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bridle applied, showing my improved means of attaching the winker strap; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a blind, showing the winker strap secured thereto; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view, taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the upper end of the metal strengthening plate for the blind; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view .of my modified form.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the cheek straps connected to the bit 2 in the usual manner and having the usual brow band 3, and secured to the cheek straps are the blinds 4, all of which are of the usual structure and need no further description.

The blinds 4 are constructed in the usual manner-that is, with a curved metal plate 5, having on each side the leather covering 6 and 7, of a width and length greater than that of the plate and the plate is secured between the same by two or more rows of stitching around the same on the outside of the metal plate, as indicated at 8. This is the usual way of forming the blind and the winker strap is usually placed between the two pieces of leather and secured thereto by the same rows of stitching 8; but, as

is well understood by those skilled in the art, there is very little leather beyond the metal plate 5, and thus the holding or securing means for the winker strap is'very limited. In this arrangement, after the stitching 8 once gives way, it is impossible to again fasten the winker strap to the blind so that it will stay.

In my improved strap attaching means, I cut the plate 5 away, as indicated at 9, at its upper edge, adjacent its outer end, and the two pieces of leather, 6 and 7, are provided with openings 10 and 11, correspending in shape and size to the cutaway portion 9 of the plate 5. The plate 5 and the pieces of leather are secured to the blind in the same manner as the ordinary blind, as heretofore described. This arrangement, as will be readily seen from the drawings, forms a blind with an opening entirely therethrough and through which the winker strap is looped and stitched. or otherwise secured together above the blind to form a loop 13, loosely fitting in the opening in the upper end of the blind. From this arrangement, it will be seen that strain on the winker strap is not directly upon the stitches securing the pieces of leather around the metal plate, but is on the leather beyond the openings 10 and 11, and thus it is almost impossible to break the winker strap from the blind.

In the modification shown in Fig. 5, the plate 5 is provided with an opening adjacent its upper end which further strengthens the connection of the winker strap as the portion 14 of the plate beyond the opening takes the greater part of the strain of the winker strap as it is rigid while the leather pieces give.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. A blind comprising a metal plate, a leather covering for the inside and outside of the plate and extending beyond the plate and stitching passing through the covering beyond the plate, said covering and plate having registering cut-away portions through which the winker strap passes.

in @MN through the openings in the covering and the cut-away portion of the plate. 1.0

In testimony whereof I affix my signature presence of tWo Witnesses.

. JQEHN PALMATABY." Witnesses: Q l

W. MOORE, I v "GHA-SUW. SGHREML' 2. A blind comprising a metal plate having a cut-away portion at its upper edge, a leather covering for'the inside and outside of the plate and extending beyond the plate is and stitohing passing through the covering beyond the plate, said covering having openings registering ith the cut-away portion of the plate, and "a Winker strap passingflopies of this patent may be obtained for five eentseaeh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.-

' Washington, D. 0. 

